apostrophic

English

Etymology

From apostrophe +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒfɪk

Adjective

apostrophic

1. (rhetoric) Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue).
   • 7 June 1820, Lord Byron, a letter to Mr. Murray written from Ravenna

     Mrs. Hemans is a poet also, but too stiltified and apostrophic, […]

   • 1971, John Theodore Braun, The Apostrophic Gesture, page 22:

     The approach itself is apostrophic; or, if a more canonical term is required, it is phenomenological.

2. (orthography) Pertaining to the grammatical use of, or using, the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ').
   • 2003 November 6, Lynne Truss, “The Tractable Apostrophe”, in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, London: Profile Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 38:

     All we need to know is that, in Shakespeare’s time, an apostrophe indicated omitted letters, which meant Hamlet could say with supreme apostrophic confidence: “Fie on’t! O fie!”; […]

Derived terms

• apostrophically

Translations

pertaining to the apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue)

Polish: apostroficzny Portuguese: apostrófico

pertaining to the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ')

Portuguese: apostrófico